That pretty little gaudy fly

DMI number:

6177

First Line:

That pretty little gaudy fly

Last Line:

Whose torments and his truth deserve it all

Poem Genre / Form:

Complaint, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet

Themes:

Animals[fly], Death, and Sex / relations between the sexes

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First Line:

That pretty little gaudy fly

Last Line:

Whose torments and his truths deserve it all

Relationship:

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Content/Publication

Title:

The muses mercury [P2007] [June 1707]

Page No(s):

pp.147-148

Poem Title:

To a Lady, upon a Fly's getting into her Eye.

Attribution:

Imitated from the French by Mr. Tho. Uvedale

Attributed To:

Thomas Uvedale